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Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) M - License

For complete program information see the online Okanagan College Calendar.

Okanagan College (OC) in partnership with Northern Lights College (NLC) in Dawson Creek , B.C. and the Vernon Airport Training Council is pleased to announce a training program for students who would like to become Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (M – License). NLC video clip

This 72-week (approximately 17 months) co-op program is designed to take a student with little or no previous experience in the aircraft maintenance trade and supply him/her with the necessary skills to seek employment in that industry as an apprentice Aircraft Maintenance Engineer. The curriculum follows Transport Canada ’s guidelines and upon successful completion of the program students will have received all of the required apprenticeship technical training. Transport Canada will then grant the graduates eighteen months of experience credits toward the required 48-month (practical) experience needed to receive an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer M-license. This program also includes a 10-week paid co-op work term that provides students with a work placement in the aircraft maintenance industry.

How is Transport Canada involved?

Transport Canada Aviation is the regulatory agency for all civil aviation in Canada and issues licenses for AMEs , pilots and air traffic controllers. To be eligible for an AME license, an applicant must attend an approved or accepted course in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering. The Northern Lights College program was approved by Transport Canada in 1981 and has since earned a solid reputation within the aviation industry of Canada . Okanagan College's partnership with Northern Lights College has allowed for the majority of the NLC program to be delivered in Vernon .

Timeline:

Current 2009 Intake

Term	Duration	Location	Start date	End date
Term 1	30 weeks	Vernon, BC	Feb 2, 2009	Sep 4, 2009
Co-op work term	10 weeks	To be determined	Sep 8, 2009	Nov 13, 2009
Term 2	18 weeks	Vernon, BC	Nov 16, 2009	Mar 19, 2010
Christmas Break			Dec 24, 2009	Jan 5, 2010
Term 3	14 weeks	Dawson Creek, BC	Mar 22, 2009	June 30, 2010

August 2009 Intake

Term	Duration	Location	Start date	End date
Term 1	30 weeks	Vernon, BC	Aug 31, 2009	Jan 29, 2010
Co-op work term	10 weeks	To be determined	Feb 1, 2010	Apr 9, 2010
Term 2	18 weeks	Vernon, BC	Apr 12, 2010	Oct 15, 2010
Term 3	14 weeks	Dawson Creek, BC	Oct 25, 2010	Feb 11, 2011

February 2010 Intake

Term	Duration	Location	Start date	End date
Term 1	30 weeks	Vernon, BC	Feb 2, 2010	Sep 3, 2010
Co-op work term	10 weeks	To be determined	Sep 6, 2010	Nov 12, 2010
Term 2	18 weeks	Vernon, BC	Nov 15, 2010	Mar 18, 2011
Christmas Break			Dec 24, 2009	Jan 5, 2011
Term 3	14 weeks	Dawson Creek, BC	Mar 28, 2011	June 30, 2011

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